Twenty-three application services are supported in VMware Aria Operations. The supported application services are listed here. Some of the application services have mandatory properties which you must configure. Some of the application services have pre-requirements that you must configure first. After you configure the properties, data is collected.
Active Directory
Active Directory is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
Active MQ
ActiveMQ is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Server URL | Yes | http://localhost:8161 |
| User name | Yes | User name for Active MQ. Example: admin |
| Password | Yes | Password |
| Installed Path | Yes | The path on the end point VM where Active MQ is installed. Example: For Linux end point VMs: /opt/apache-activemq For Windows end point VMs: C:\apache-activemq-5.15.2 |
Apache HTTPD
Apache HTTPD is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Status Page URL | Yes | http://localhost/server-status?auto |
| User name | No | User name for Apache HTTPD service. Example:root |
| Password | No | Password |
| Response String Match | No | Optional substring or regex match in the body of the response (case sensitive). For example, ok. You must escape regex special characters ?, (, ), . with a backslash. For example, for matching against ?doodles, escape the ? with \?, such as, \?doodles. |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM, |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: True/False. |
Cassandra Database
Cassandra database is supported in
VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display name of the application instance. |
| Installed Path | Yes | Valid file path. |
| URL | Yes | http://localhost:8778 |
Hyper-V
Hyper-V is supported in
VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display name of the application service. |
Java
Java is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Base URL | Yes | http://localhost:8080 |
| Installed Path | Yes | The path on the end point VM where Java is installed. Example: For Linux end point VMs : /opt/vmware/ucp ; For Windows end point VMs : C:\VMware\UCP |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: True/False. |
JBoss
JBoss is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Base URL | Yes | http://localhost:8080 |
| Installed Path | Yes | The path on the end point VM where JBoss is installed. |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: True/False. |
MongoDB
MongoDB is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Port | Yes | The port where MongoDB is running. Example: 27017 |
| Hostname | No | Optional hostname for the MongoDB Service. |
| Username | No | User name for MongoDB. Example: Root |
| Password | No | Password |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: True/False. |
MS Exchange
MS Exchange is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
MS IIS
MS IIS is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
MS SQL
MS SQL is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Instance | Yes | Instance name of the MS SQL server |
| Port | No | The port where MS SQL is running. Example: 1433 |
| Hostname | No | Optional hostname for the MS SQL Service. |
| Username | Yes | User name for MS SQL. Example: Root |
| Password | Yes | Password |
MySQL
MySQL is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Port | Yes | The port where MySQL is running. Example: 3306 |
| User name | Yes | User name for MySQL service. Example: Root |
| password | Yes | Password |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Hostname | No | Optional hostname for the MySQL Service |
| Databases | No | Comma-separated list of databases to monitor. Each of the database names to be monitored must be enclosed in single quotes and the databases themselves should be comma separated. For example, 'database1','database2','database3'. |
| TLS Connection | No | Allowed values are true, false, and skip-verify. |
Nginx
Nginx is supported in
VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display name of the application instance. |
| Status Page URL | Yes | http://127.0.0.1:8081/nginx_status |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain and host verification. Expected: True/False. |
NTPD
NTPD is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
Oracle Database
Oracle database is supported in
VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display name of the application instance. |
| OracleDB Username | Yes | User name for the Oracle database instance. |
| OracleDB Password | Yes | Password for the Oracle database instance. |
| OracleDB SID | Yes | SID of the Oracle database instance. |
Pivotal Server
Pivotal Server is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Base URL | Yes | http://localhost:8080 |
| Installed Path | Yes | The path on the end point VM where Pivotal server is installed. |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: True/False. |
Postgres
Postgres is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Port | Yes | The port where PostgreSQL is running. Example: 5432 |
| User name | Yes | User name for PostgreSQL service. Example: Root |
| Password | Yes | Password |
| SSL Connection | No | Allowed values are deactivate, verify-ca, verify-full. |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: true/false. |
| Hostname | No | Optional hostname for the PostgreSQL Service. |
| Default Database | No | The database for initiating connection with the server |
| Databases | No | Comma-separated list of databases to monitor. Each of the database names to be monitored must be enclosed in single quotes and the databases themselves should be comma-separated, for example , 'database1','database2','database3'. |
| Ignored Databases | No | Comma-separated list of databases that need not be monitored. Each of the database names to be excluded from monitoring must be enclosed in single quotes and the databases themselves should be comma-separated for example, 'database1','database2','database3'. |
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Management Plugin URL | Yes | http://localhost:15672 |
| User name | No | User name for RabbitMQ. Example: Guest |
| Password | No | Password |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: True/False. |
| Nodes | No | Each of the RabbitMQ data collection nodes should be in single quotes and the nodes themselves should be comma-separated. The list of nodes must be enclosed in square brackets. For example ['rabbit@node1','rabbit@node2',.....] |
Riak
Riak is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Server URL | Yes | http://localhost:8098 |
Sharepoint
Sharepoint is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
Tomcat
Tomcat is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Base URL | Yes | http://localhost:8080 |
| Installed Path | Yes | The path on the end point VM where Tomcat is installed. |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: True/False. |
Weblogic
Weblogic is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| Base URL | Yes | http://localhost:7001 |
| Installed Path | Yes | The path on the end point VM where WebLogic is installed. |
| User name | Yes | User name for WebLogic. Example: admin |
| Password | Yes | Password |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificate | No | Path to the SSL Certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL Key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip SSL Verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain & host verification. Expected: True/False. |
Websphere
Websphere is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display Name of the application instance. |
| IBM Websphere Server URL | Yes | Example : http://localhost:9081 |
| Websphere Authorization Token | Yes |
To generate the token, follow the below steps:
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Remote Checks
HTTP Remote Check
HTTP is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display name of the remote check instance. |
| URL | Yes | http://localhost |
| Method | Yes | GET/POST/PUT |
| Proxy | No | Proxy URL: http://localhost |
| Response Timeout | No | Timeout for the connection in seconds. For example, 10. |
| Follow Redirects | No | True/False if redirects from the server. For example, true/false (all small values). |
| Body | No | HTTP request body. |
| Response String Match | No | Substring or regex match in the response body. |
| SSL CA | No | Path to the SSL CA file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Certificates | No | Path to the SSL certificate file on the end point VM. |
| SSL Key | No | Path to the SSL key file on the end point VM. |
| Skip Host & chain verification | No | Use SSL but skip chain and host verification. Expected: True/False. |
| Headers | No | HTTP Request Headers, which can look like the following. For example: accept = "application/json" Authorization = "5609fe9d-cddd-4654-898b-26d9b67f137a::4ca86c16-ac01-4e17-90da-fb55eb36571a" |
ICMP Remote Check
ICMP is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display name of the remote check instance. |
| FQDN/IP | Yes | Host name to send the packets. Example: example.org |
| Count | No | Number of ping packets to send per interval. For example, 1. |
| Ping Interval | No | Time to wait between ping packets in seconds. For example, 10.0.
Note: Follow the decimals as mentioned in the example.
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| Timeout | No | Timeout to wait for ping response in seconds. For example, 10.0.
Note: Follow the decimals as mentioned in the example.
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| Deadline | No | The total ping deadline in seconds. For example, 30. |
| Interface | No | Interface or source from which to send a ping. |
TCP Remote Check
TCP is supported in VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display name of the remote check instance. |
| Address | Yes | <hostname>:port |
| Send | No | The given string is sent to the TCP. It can be any string of your choice. |
| Expect | No | The given string is expected from the TCP. It can be any string of your choice. |
| Timeout | No | Timeout for the connection to the TCP server. For example, 10. |
| Read Timeout | No | Timeout for the response from the TCP server. For example, 10. |
UDP Remote Check
UDP is supported in
VMware Aria Operations.
| Name | Mandatory? | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Display Name | Yes | Display name of the remote check instance. |
| Address | Yes | <hostname>:port |
| Send | Yes | The given string is sent to the UDP. |
| Expect | Yes | The given string is expected from the UDP. |
| Timeout | No | Timeout for the connection to the UDP server. For example, 10. |
| Read Timeout | No | Timeout for the response from the UDP server. For example, 10. |
